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Title: The Perfect Someday
Author: Beverly Preston
Series: Can be read as a standalone (recommend reading in order)
Cliffhanger: No
Release Date: May 12, 2014
Rating: 3.5
HEA:
This book is Tracy Mathews’ story. It starts with Tracy and her sister JC back in Greece. It is their last day there and Tracy is determined to get some pictures at a specific church. When they get there they discover that there is a wedding taking place at the church. JC has the wonderful idea to crash the wedding so Tracy can get her photos. This happens to be a masquerade wedding. While there Tracy meets Giovanni from Italy. Tracy and Giovanni spend a wonderful night together and Tracy gives Giovanni her number before heading home. And Tracy never hears from him.
A year later she has finished school and takes a trip to Italy for a birthday party and a break where she gets roped into helping the winery next door. At the winery she meets Vincent. Vincent is one of the owner’s two sons and the main wine maker. He is resistant to changing and modernizing the winery and as a result is not happy that Tracy is there. But they might just be what the other was looking for.
Of the Mathews siblings Tracy is the responsible one following the rules and not taking risks. She is more comfortable in a school setting than flirting with boys like JC. Her attraction to Giovanni at the wedding is so strong and unusual for her, but she gives into it.
I like how Tracy would ramble when she got nervous. It made her more realistic and likeable. I didn’t like how she fell in love with Giovanni, a complete stranger whose face and full name she doesn’t even know, too quickly. And by this I mean in an obsessive way. When she goes back to school and does not hear from him she gets depressed and buries herself in school work and crying herself to sleep, for a year. For the rational and responsible sibling this is way out of character for her and kind of pathetic.
She starts to pull herself together while working at the winery where she meets Vincent Giovanni. Since Vincent does not like what Tracy is there for he is not that nice so they don’t like each other and try their best to avoid each other. Eventually Tracy decides that enough is enough and they stop avoiding each other. Soon they discover and attraction and grow closer. While Vincent was a jerk at first he ended up being really sweet. He genuinely cared for Tracy and being there for her.
If it wasn’t obvious about Vincent
The relationship seemed rushed. Like with John’s book the couple does not spend much time together from meeting to in love and I’m going to spend the rest of my life with you. So there is not enough time to really get to know them as a couple and care about them being together too much.
This book, for me, was better than the second book because the main couple had a little more time to get to know each other before sleeping together instead of the day they met. The second book also seemed to focus more on their sex lives. This book had the character get to know each other a little bit before going straight to sex.
Regardless of my issues with the book it was fun to read. This is a good filler series for when you have some time and want an easy read.
Author: Beverly Preston
Series: Can be read as a standalone (recommend reading in order)
Cliffhanger: No
Release Date: May 12, 2014
Rating: 3.5
HEA:
Spoiler
YesThis book is Tracy Mathews’ story. It starts with Tracy and her sister JC back in Greece. It is their last day there and Tracy is determined to get some pictures at a specific church. When they get there they discover that there is a wedding taking place at the church. JC has the wonderful idea to crash the wedding so Tracy can get her photos. This happens to be a masquerade wedding. While there Tracy meets Giovanni from Italy. Tracy and Giovanni spend a wonderful night together and Tracy gives Giovanni her number before heading home. And Tracy never hears from him.
A year later she has finished school and takes a trip to Italy for a birthday party and a break where she gets roped into helping the winery next door. At the winery she meets Vincent. Vincent is one of the owner’s two sons and the main wine maker. He is resistant to changing and modernizing the winery and as a result is not happy that Tracy is there. But they might just be what the other was looking for.
Of the Mathews siblings Tracy is the responsible one following the rules and not taking risks. She is more comfortable in a school setting than flirting with boys like JC. Her attraction to Giovanni at the wedding is so strong and unusual for her, but she gives into it.
I like how Tracy would ramble when she got nervous. It made her more realistic and likeable. I didn’t like how she fell in love with Giovanni, a complete stranger whose face and full name she doesn’t even know, too quickly. And by this I mean in an obsessive way. When she goes back to school and does not hear from him she gets depressed and buries herself in school work and crying herself to sleep, for a year. For the rational and responsible sibling this is way out of character for her and kind of pathetic.
She starts to pull herself together while working at the winery where she meets Vincent Giovanni. Since Vincent does not like what Tracy is there for he is not that nice so they don’t like each other and try their best to avoid each other. Eventually Tracy decides that enough is enough and they stop avoiding each other. Soon they discover and attraction and grow closer. While Vincent was a jerk at first he ended up being really sweet. He genuinely cared for Tracy and being there for her.
If it wasn’t obvious about Vincent
Spoiler
yes he is Giovanni from the wedding at the beginning. When Tracy first meets Vincent and his brother Antonio she sees that their eyes are the same as the Giovanni she met at the wedding. I find it hard to believe that the “smart” sibling didn’t ask any questions about the fact that she had met a guy named Giovanni at the wedding and then ended up working with the Giovanni family. I realize is may be a common name in Italy but she never even reacted to it but she did react to an eye color. I’m assuming eye colors are more common than names. And unless the masks at the wedding cover a lot of their faces, I feel like there would be at least some sort of familiarity when they saw each other again. Or when they talked, spent time together, kissed, something.The relationship seemed rushed. Like with John’s book the couple does not spend much time together from meeting to in love and I’m going to spend the rest of my life with you. So there is not enough time to really get to know them as a couple and care about them being together too much.
This book, for me, was better than the second book because the main couple had a little more time to get to know each other before sleeping together instead of the day they met. The second book also seemed to focus more on their sex lives. This book had the character get to know each other a little bit before going straight to sex.
Regardless of my issues with the book it was fun to read. This is a good filler series for when you have some time and want an easy read.